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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Beaver Creek?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Amsterdam for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Amsterdam’s own page.

Choose Beaver Creek for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Beaver Creek’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Amsterdam 25, Beaver Creek 6: Amsterdam leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Beaver Creek 38: Amsterdam leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Beaver Creek 7: Amsterdam leads by 75 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Beaver Creek 12: Amsterdam leads by 65 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Beaver Creek 90: Beaver Creek leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Beaver Creek 40: Amsterdam leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Beaver Creek 62: Amsterdam leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Beaver Creek 45: Amsterdam leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Beaver Creek 22: Amsterdam leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Beaver Creek 5: Amsterdam leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Beaver Creek 36: Amsterdam leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Beaver Creek 55: Beaver Creek leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Beaver Creek.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

Beaver Creek
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Beaver Creek in July

29 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Beaver Creek's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Eagle County / Gypsum.

Beaver Creek's station stands 268 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Beaver Creek has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Beaver Creek: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Eagle County / Gypsum (33.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamBeaver Creek
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation-2 m2,264 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamBeaver Creek
City population921,468-
People per km²4,208-
Museums within 10 km1010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.